splendor > define
noun
- A quality that outshines the usual.
- synonyms: luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendour
- The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
- usage: "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
- synonyms: magnificence, brilliance, splendour, grandeur, grandness
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.
- (n.) Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like.
- (n.) Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary